Top Tips for College Bound Athletes (Carmen Mirochna and Fran Berlin of REACH)

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R E A C H is comprised of award winning coaches and DI athletes turned consultants Carmen Mirochna and Fran Berlin. We genuinely look forward to welcoming international and domestic rowers to the US college scene. It is a pleasure to partner with you to maximize an amazing opportunity: collegiate athletics.

From the Division I coach perspective, we know just how much work the recruiting process requires from students during an incredibly busy period in their lives. We offer our relationships with professors and alumni, former colleagues, Athletic Directors, NCAA Department Directors, recruiting coordinators, Head Coaches and years of expertise at multiple levels of education and athletics. We lend peace of mind to parents and students navigating the athletic recruitment and college application process.

Fran Berlin rowed in the NCAA V8+ and graduated from Cornell University with a BS (Cum Laude). She has coached and recruited for winning teams at Cornell, Syracuse and Indiana Universities, and the University of Colorado. ACRA coach of the year, Fran has visited the medals dock multiple times as an athlete and coach at the Eastern Sprints, the BIG TEN Championship and the ACRAs. When she is not helping athletes excel she is traveling the country and world with her young family.

Carmen Mirochna double majored at Rutgers University, while earning multiple medals and competing in the NCAA V8+. She pursued her MPH at Lehigh University and coached for The Baldwin School, Lehigh, Cornell and Indiana Universities as well as The Bolles School. Her medals and honors range from the Stotesbury Cup, Knecht Cup, EAWRC Coach of the Year, BIG TEN BOAT of the week, and the IRA’s to winning the Dad Vail and the Patriot League Championships. Carmen has three boys and loves being outside with her family as much as possible.

REACH clients Jack Carroll jackcarroll2024@gmail.com

Gabby Shires gss98@cornell.edu

Cathy Balfanz cathybalfanz@gmail.com

Chapters

00:00 Best First Year 06:37 How REACH helps student athletes headed to college 08:07 When do you start planning? 15:58 Fran and Carmen’s niche perspective 21:41 The parent experience 24:11 Reaching out to coaches 30:49 A typical day as a rower 33:16 Make sure your school a good fit 46:09 Being a woman on a men’s team 49:23 Do sports help with admissions? 52:32 Advice for high school athletes 1:02:41 Fran and Carmen’s golden advice

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